Columbus, Ohio- The Ohio
State (22-7) men's volleyball team has been seeded fourth in the
2010 National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship and will
face top seeded and host Stanford (22-6) in the semifinals at 11
p.m. ET Thursday, May 6 in Stanford California at Maples Pavilion.
The match will be carried live by ESPNU. This is Ohio State's
17th appearance in the championship and the third
consecutive year that the Buckeyes have received the Midwestern
Intercollegiate Volleyball Association automatic bid. Stanford
earned the automatic bid from the Mountain Pacific Sports
Federation.

In the first semifinal at 9 p.m. ET, No. 2 seed Cal State
Northridge (23-9) faces No. 3 seed Penn State (23-7). The match
will be carried live by ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN360.com. Cal State
Northridge received the at-large bid to the championship while Penn
State earned the automatic bid from the Eastern Intercollegiate
Volleyball Association.

The national championship match will be broadcast live on
Saturday, May 8 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and ESPN360.com simulcast.

Ohio State, the regular season MIVA champion, earned the No. 1
seed in the MIVA Tournament and received a quarterfinal bye. The
Buckeyes defeated Ball State 3-1 (30-24, 27-30, 30-28, 30-27) last
Wednesday in the tournament semifinals and defeated Loyola-Chicago,
3-2 (30-28, 25-30, 26-30, 30-20, 15-11) Saturday in the
championship match to earn the automatic bid to the NCAA
Championship. The Buckeyes have won 12 consecutive matches going
into the NCAA championship semifinals.